Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Penninghame, parish
Grid reference
NX 411 612 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
241100 561200
Latitude
54.92008380749164
Longitude
-4.479610960729859
Nearby places
St Ninian's Well, Penninghame (1.28 miles)
St Ninian's Creek, Penninghame (1.45 miles)
St Ninian's Bridge, Wigtown (2.36 miles)
St Ninian's Well, Wigtown (2.36 miles)
Minnigaff, parish KCB (3.29 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In 1684 it was recorded that, 'There is at present a Bell at the Church of Penigham with this Inscription in Saxon letters - Campana Sancti Niniani de Penygham M. dedicat as it seems to Saint Ninian in the thousand year after the birth of Christ'.
Relationships with other places
Contains Clachaneasy, ~eccles., Penninghame
Contains Clachaneasy, ~eccles., Penninghame
Contains Clachaneasy, settlement, Penninghame
Contains Kirkcalla, ~eccles. Penninghame
Contains Kirkcalla, settlement, Penninghame
Contains Kirkchrist, ~eccles. Penninghame
Contains Kirkchrist, settlement, Penninghame
Contains Loch Maberry, Kirkcowan/Penninghame/Colmonell
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Penninghame
Contains St Ninian's Creek, Penninghame
Contains St Ninian's Well, Penninghame
Parish details
Penninghame
Parish TLA
PEH
County
Wigtownshire
Medieval diocese
Galloway
Parish notes
Half the fruits of this church were united to the archdeaconry of Galloway in 1410, and shortly afterwards, after much litigation, all the fruits were thus united. CSSR ii, 68 etc.. See Cowan 1967, 163 for details and more references.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Penninghame
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Penninghame
Place
Penninghame, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No